Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-02-03
The Little Fortune Teller.

Inc Little Fortune Teller,8g
-YEa 10 Y9sa3a
it needed no. one to tell that. 1t MAS
"a elrd'sceage The Haunting !bapana
leaves that waved over the front
II;tspcel the The, bright pomeggranate bios
SONS that peered at you as
Ethegate opened. the voinptnoiis per-
fumeof'the night jasmine that filled
1.-THE atmosphere thereabouts o. even.
ines, all suggested that the little resi-
hence on Rue Condo could contain
nothing bnt.some sott.throated. light
hearted and. gay inmate Even the
stripedsawning that kept out thesun's
glare from the gallery seemed tospeak
OF refinement and beauty within, and
when sparkling notes of a piano
poured out into the streets, hating
the pedestrians by theirsweetness, one
Would make an affidavit, willingly,
that the oeenpaat Of that house was
both young and beautiful. It is true
that the front, fence cut off all view of
the house and yald. but its boards
were sosneatly whitewashed and the
gale almost brilliant in a suit OF pea.
green paint, that they, like the Illus
ttfated cpver Of q book, spoke iof the
5iffurttier testimony was asked for
regarding the charms of the house.
holder before alluded to. the corner
grocery man and the Gascon old gem
tleman who, supplied the neighber-
hood with milk might be called upon;
Tor both had seen that exquisite lace
ataearly morn as it passed modestly
by ohits way to mass. Both Of these
witnesses had frequently spoken of
that little figure in black, and both
had put their, five fingers together in
a bunch aud kissed their tips ecstati
caliys calculating, CONNIE ca,'' as
Expressive Of the quality OF the lady 5
beauty The house was cottage and
it,stooa some distance back from the
street, q, luxuriant flower garden i'm
terpening. 1t was built in the old
Creole, style, about which there
is SO ilittle pretension aud SO much
eomfortleomI'he landlord, when,
spoken TO regarding his tenants, had
In very practical way DESTROYED
many Illusions that had gathered
around the inmates of the house, by
stating that it, was rented to Mons.
jerome Savoy and his sister, neither
over Twenty-Five.
"They seldom went out, he said;
FLOR they had, been left orphans not
long SINCE. nd4heir father, inst before
dying. had .acknowleaded that his fher.
camille house had been running for
some time. on a. false. credit and he was
q ruined man" With this rather UNI
satisfactory requiem he had closed
his eyes, and was dutifuIly followed to
the old ST.. Louis 4essHetery si,y his
two cliiidfen, THE heavy disap.
pointment of his creditors keep
ing them away. He had kept large
establishment with aiseore of slaves
ana all the paraphernalia that be-
longed in the ,t4ifties, inNew Orleans,
to wealth. Now all this was gone. A
meeting OF creditors, syndic, and a
sheriff with his red flag and drum, all
had VANISHED, leapingthe brother and
sister with a good education and but
little money. Esteile, the young lady,
mourned theloss of herfather sincere
ly. but nat1Irehad endowed her Ae}t
that RfIssf{s gift, h happy dispps
ton, uiie alter "a ssasbn. oil webbing
she had Seathefed@ hefe own little saw
ings together and. with. her brother,
had started housekeeping ip. the
cottasb.sSV1Sie sJtikty1 OF Which
she was suEif nh fofnhhientss kneW
her no mote:. afinost The oaly persons
OF the outside world who saw her were
her priestsamf the proprietor ofaalace
store we4seshe regularly sold her weeks
handiwork. THsIs PIANO Rad beer, saw
ed frep,. the wreck ands her spettea
flowers alsas.s With thsse1she~ made
their little nhaaae gays Her. bruther
found ready hapieysnent hrs mer-
camille house SO between them,the una
pretentioas house on Rsles Cetde was
quite domestic paradise. With all
the happiness of brother and sister
there was'stifi Il 1iftie Skeleton IN tie
cottage. cfEi sssft rue :. - JerHope Savoy
never saw or heard from the diminu-
tive ,,sspt h.,k n, Eat aikS III 70 sc ,s,cay
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u ,,noonIfo,.ssSs,si ,t;c,,Iar w
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ante as she sat at thepiano toying
with the keys. Then Il was that this
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thiSos that Ire <,,ery pleasant To a
o;rIis ears IA xowaf feter,3aI. 1--we
and fidelity bsk wss- cent to Fnaiai,d
br he g,ss,;s,ss d i, ,s h;ch. he was eoo.
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